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22/ ZZIZ 2 )4 m 2 gwuentoz Maximilian M. Goldberg Aug. 30, 1932- M. M.GOLD ERG COMPUTING MACHINE Original Filed June 14, 1926 17 Sheets-Sheetl7 Suva-fife! Maximilian M. Goldberg Patented Aug. 30, 1932 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE KAXIMILIAN M. GOLDBERG, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORTO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OFMARYLAND COMPUTING MACHINE Original application filed June 14, 1928,Serial No. 115,998. Divided and this application filed January 31,

i 1980. Serial No. 425,002.

This is a division of the Letters Patent of the United States, No.1,786,525, issued on December 30, 1930 and relates particularly to theinterlocli'ing features used in the Illachine disclosed in that patent.

One object of this invention is to control the release shaft of amachine adapted to make plural cycle operations, by a Series ofmanipulative means, whereby the release shaft is prevented fromreturning to its normal position during a certain number. of cycles ofan o eration.

Another ob ect of this invention is to provide a machine, such as abovementioned, with means to normally prevent a releasing movement of itsrelease shaft, and manipulative devices to move that means to permit areleasing of the shaft, in combination with means to control all thosemanipulative devices for preventing a return movement of the releaseshaft preventing means into its functioning position during .a certainnumber of cycles of operation. H

Another object of this invention is to control the release shaft of amachine, such as above mentioned, through a differentially movabledevice operable under control of manipulative devices that normallyfunction to release the machine foroperation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a machine of the typeabove mentioned with a release shaft operable in vone direction torelease the machine, such machine being provided with a plurality ofsets of manipulative devices adapted to be locked by the release shaftas it moves to release the ma-.

chine, in combination with means to return the shaft to home position tonormally release all of the sets of manipulative devices, which lattermeans is controlled at certain times to prevent the release of one setof manipulative devices. 7 V

A further object ofthis invention is to provide a machine of the classdescribed with manipulative devices to release the machine,

and means to normally lock certain of those devices against operation,in combinatlon .with mechanism operated by certain other manipulativedevices of the machine, whereby said locking means is disabled.

Another object of thisinvention isto provide a plurality of devices toprevent releasing movement ofthe release shaft of a ma chine of theclass described, in combination with means to disable both of thosedevices at certaintimes.

Another object is to provide aninterlocking device between the quantityand product keys and the total lever of a machine of the type abovementioned.

Another object of this invention is to provide an accounting machine ofthe character described with a bank of manipulative devices to releasethe machine, such devices including item-entering and multiplyingdevices, in combination with a total lever, and means controlled by thetotal lever as it is moved into a total taking position to lock out themultiplying device.

A further object is to control the release shaft of an accountin machineoperable through a plurality of ed and a plurality of variable cycles,whereby the shaft is moved to its releasing position and returned to itsnormal position, means being provided to disconnect the shaft from itsoperating means after the shaft has been moved to a releasing position.v a i A still further object of this invention is to control the releaseshaft of an accountin machine operable through a plurality o fixed and aplurality of variable cycles, whereby the shaft is connected to its 0rating means and is disconnected therefrom during certain of the fixedand variable cycles of operation.

Another object of this invention is to rovide means under control ofmultiplier Eeys of an accounting machine, at a time when a multiplyingcontrol key is set for operation to determine the time of release of themultiplier keys.

Another'object of the invention is to autom atically stop the operationof the machine if any of the amouht keys remain or are held depressedduring the operation'of the machine. Y

Another object is to provide means for releasing the keys manually whilepermitting the operation to continue.

Another object of this invention is to provide an accounting machine ofthe character above mentioned with a means to release certain of itskeysor manipulative devices during a certain point in the operation, incombination with means for releasing the remainder of the keys ormanipulative devices I at the end of the operation.

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With these and incidental objects in view, the invention includescertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and apreferred form or company and form a part of this specification. I

Of said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a section through the machine just to the left of one of theamount banks and shows the keys, differential mechanism, and a sectionthrough the multiplying totalizer.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the interlocking mechanismbetween the control banks.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a part of the release mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a section through the machine taken just to the right of thequantity bank of keys.

Fig. 5 is a section of the machine taken just to the right of theproduct'bank.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the cam and pitman for operating the releaseshaft controller.

Fig. 7 is a'detail side elevation of the interlocking segmental platewhich cooperates with the release bank of keys.

Fig. 8 is a vertical diagrammatic section through the control banks, andshows the loclis of the interlock plates associated therewit Fig. 9 is adetail side elevation of the interlock segmental plate which cooperateswith the quantity bank of keys.

'Fig. 10 is a detailside elevation of the interlock segmental platewhich cooperates with the product bank of keys.

Fig. 11 is a detail side elevation of the re lease mechanism and themeans for holding the machine released on multiplying operations. V

Fig. 12 is a section through the machine taken just to the right of andlooking toward the release bank, and shows the differential mechanismcontrolled thereby, which differential mechanism effects a control overthe release shaft during a certain numb'i' of cycles of operation.

Fig. 13 is an elevation of the right-hand end of the machine showing themultiplier keys, the decimal placing keys, the manual release and crankhandle. and also the interlock between the key release lever and theelease shaft.

' the total lever plate during an operation of the machine.

Fig. 17 is a detail side elevation of a part of the key releasedisabling mechanism.

Fig. 18 is an elevation of the release shaft controlling and restoringmeans, and also shows a part of the driving means for the main operatingshaft.

Fig. 19 is a detail perspective view of the mechanism used to disablethe driving mechanism when any of the amount keys remain in a depressedposition after the releasing mechanism has been operated to release themat the end of the multiplying cycles.

Fig. 20 is an elevation of the left-hand side of the machine with themotor removed, but showing a portion of the motor clutch mechanism.

Fig. 21 is adetail perspective view of part of the mechanism shown inFig. 20.

Fig. 22 is a detail view of the driving mechanism for the multiplierdifferential.

Fig. 23 is a sectional view taken just inside of the right-hand sideframe, which supports the multiplying mechanism looking toward the left,and showing particularly the adj usting mechanism for the multiplierpinions.

Fig. 24 is a detail view of the cam and mechanism for actuating thecontrol shaft governor.

Fig. 25 is a section through the multiplying mechanism showingparticularly the governor control.

Fig. 25A is a detail view of a part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 25.

Fig. 25B is a detail view of a part of the mechanism for controlling theoperation of the key release shaft.

Fig. 26 shows another form of adjusting Figs. 31, 32 and 33 are detailside views of the special key release-disabling mechanism, in differentpositions, Figs.'31 and 32 showing the switch which automatically cutsdown the current supplied to the motor durin multiplying cycles.

Fig. 34 is a detail sectional view taken on line 3434 of Fig. 35,looking in the direc tion of the arrows, and shows an end elevation of apart of the special key release disabling mechanism.

Fig. 35 is a top plan view of the special key release disablingmechanism. Figs. 36 to 43 show portions of the machine in which apreferred form of mechanism is substituted for some of the mechanismshown in the figures described up to this point.

Fig. 36 is a perspective view of the planetary gear mechanism fordriving the control shaft.

Fig. 37 is a detail side elevation ofthe mechanism for controlling theoperation of the planetary gearing system shown in Fig. 36.

Fig. 38 is a. detail side elevation, partly in section, of the planetarygearing mechanism.

Fig. 39 is a detail side elevation of a portion of the mechanism shownin Fig. 37, and in its moved position.

Fig. 40 is a right-hand side elevation of the machine proper, showinganother form of the mechanism disclosed in Fig. 18.

Fig. 41 is a right-hand side elevation of a portion of the operatingmechanism for the machine, and shows another form for some of themechanism shown in Fig. 13.

Fig. 42 is a side elevation of the governor differential mechanism forthe control shaft.

Fig. 43 is a side elevation of the differential mechanism whichcooperates with the multiplier banks of keys.

General description This machine is of the type shown in the patents toFrederick L. Fuller, Nos. 1,242,170 and 1,394,256, granted on October 9,1917 and October 18, 1921, respectively, and to B. M.

Shipley, No. 1,619,? 96, granted March 1,1927. Reference should be madeto these patents for a complete understanding of the adding, indicatingand total-taking mechanisms described therein as, with various changesand additions to be hereinafter described, said mechanisms are the sameherein as those shown and described in said patents.

The machine embodying this invention is designed for factory accounting.It will, generally, be located in the departmental ofiice. When a job isassigned to an operator, 8. time slip, in duplicate, is inserted in themachine and the following entries made thereon; the date, the time thejob was started, the operators check number, the number of pieces givenhim for operation, and the job number. When the job is finished the timeslip is returned to the machine and the time the job was finished is setup, together with the price per hundred pieces, and the number of piecesactually completed. The machine is then operated and the data justmentioned are printed just beneath the entry made at the beginning ofthe operation.

The machine automatically multiplies the number of pieces finished bythe rate per hundred and prints the product, which is the amount due theoperator, on the third line. If there is any additional amount due theoperator for the time necessary to set up the job or for any otherreason, such additional amount will be printed on the fourth line upondepression of the proper keys.

It can be seen from the above that this system provides very completeprinted information about the entire operation, and these records maythen be turned over to the paymaster and the accounting department fortheir information.

The machine is provided with 18 classification totalizcrs. Some of thetotalizers are selected by keys, known as quantity keys, and theyaccumulate the multiplicand or number of pieces, while the othertotalizers are selected by keys, known as product keys, and theyaccumulate the products. The keys are arranged in two banks, one bankcontaining nine product keys and the other bank containing six quantitykeys, and three product keys. T he bank containing the nine product keysis known herein as the product bank, while the bank containing the sixquantity keys and the three remaining product keys is known as the,quantity bank. The addition of the multiplicand in a quantitytotalizer, and of the product in a product totalizer, takes place duringa single multiplying operation.

It is evident that the machine can be used equally well for registeringday-work operations. All that is necessary is to set up the elapsed timein hours and tenths of hours and the rate per hour whereupon the machinewill computethe amount due the operator, add this amount into theday-work product totalizer, and print the entire transaction both on therecord strip and the inserted slip. A device for quickly figuring theelapsed time is attached to the machine. The lapsed time device is notshown herein, but it is fully shown and described in Letters Patent ofthe United States, No. 1,786,525, issued on December 30, 1930, of whichpatent this application is a division.

The amount or multiplicand has two decimal places as is usual in centsand dollars keyboards. Means is provided for placing the decimal pointin the multiplier, in any one of four places. In the embodiment of theinvention as disclosed herein, the largest multiplier that it ispossible to use is 99999,

